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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Stormy Weather

There have been lots of posts/comments the last few days about wild weather and my little corner of the world was no exception. We've had high winds, heavy rain, some hail, several tornado warnings (one touched down on the other side of town) and lots of flooding. Plus there was a lightning strike that hit close enough to give me tinglies I could still feel a half hour later.

Then there was another kind of storm. Out of town family. My sister-in-law, my niece, and my three grand-nieces, age 9, 5, and 2. The girls are all adorable, of course, and it was wonderful to see everyone - but talking about whirlwinds... Did I mention they are 9, 5, and 2?

My grandkids are older. I'd forgotten.

So I'm trying to catch up on e-mail and blog reading/commenting.

Did I miss anything?

I'm currently enjoying: Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

Groaner of the day: A lion tamer is walking a lion around downtown New York when he gets a call on his cell phone from the big cat's owner. The owner is on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, and wants the tamer to bring the lion up so it can see the city.

On the ride up in the elevator, the animal becomes frightened, and attacks the tamer, mauling him severely. When they get off, the owner says to the tamer: "Boy, you look awful!"

The tamer replies: "I'll tell you one thing, chief, I'm not taking this lion down!"

Hope the crazy weather settles down for all of us. I'm like Maria, little children make me nervous since I don't have any I'm not really sure what to do or expect. LOL Hope things calm down a bit for you.

It's kind of weird sitting way out here in calm old Arizona and reading/seeing all this crazy weather. I'm glad you are safe. My sister in Chicago told me they just had snow. Snow?! It's almost May. Weird.

Mason - I'm okay with my own grandkids but it's been too long since I've had to deal with the little ones. You really never know what to expect from a two year old. Except that it will probably involve screaming.

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